gladiator

See also Gladiator, and gladiátor

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• gladiatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”).

Noun

gladiator (plural gladiators)

1. (in ancient Rome) a person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal
2. (by extension) a disputant in a public controversy or debate
3. a professional boxer

Translations

(in ancient Rome) a person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal

• Catalan: gladiador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角鬥士 (cmn), 角斗士 (cmn) (jiǎodòushì), 劍鬥士 (cmn), 剑斗士 (cmn) (jiàndòushì) (Taiwan, also)

• Czech: gladiátor (cs) m
• Dutch: gladiator (nl) m
• Esperanto: gladiatoro (eo)
• Finnish: gladiaattori (fi)
• French: gladiateur (fr) m, belluaire (fr) m
• German: Gladiator (de) m

• Greek: μονομάχος (el) (monomáchos) m
• Ido: gladiatoro (io)
• Italian: gladiatore (it) m
• Japanese: 剣闘士 (ja) (けんとうし, kentōshi), グラディエイター (ja) (guradieitā)
• Polish: gladiator (pl) m
• Portuguese: gladiador (pt) m
• Russian: гладиатор (ru) (gladiátor) m
• Spanish: gladiador m, bestiario m
• Swedish: gladiator (sv) c

(by extension) a disputant in a public controversy or debate

a professional boxer — see boxer

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”).

Noun

gladiator m (plural gladiatoren, diminutive gladiatortje)

1. gladiator; entertainer who engages in mortal combat

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Latin

gladiātōrēs (gladiators)

Etymology

From gladius (“sword”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ɡla.diˈaː.tor/

Noun

gladiātor (genitive gladiātōris); m, third declension

1. gladiator
2. vocative singular of gladiātor

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	gladiātor	gladiātōrēs
genitive	gladiātōris	gladiātōrum
dative	gladiātōrī	gladiātōribus
accusative	gladiātōrem	gladiātōrēs
ablative	gladiātōre	gladiātōribus
vocative	gladiātor	gladiātōrēs

Hyponyms

• (gladiator): prōvocātor, rētiārius, secūtor, Thrax

Derived terms

• gladiātōriē
• gladiātōrium
• gladiātūra

Related terms

• gladiolus
• gladius

Descendants

• Catalan: gladiador
• English: gladiator
• French: gladiateur
• Italian: gladiatore

• Portuguese: gladiador
• Romanian: gladiator
• Russian: гладиатор
• Sicilian: gladiaturi
• Spanish: gladiador

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Swedish

Noun

gladiator c

1. gladiator; entertainer who engaged in mortal combat

Declension

Declension of gladiator

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gladiator	gladiatorn	gladiatorer	gladiatorerna
genitive	gladiators	gladiatorns	gladiatorers	gladiatorernas